Quality Insights Renal Network 5 - 2019 Council Meeting

Located in Fredericksburg, VA, the Quality Insights Renal Network 2 2019 Spring Council Meeting is expecting at least 300 attendees, including dietitians, nurses, social workers, technicians, admnistrators, regional/division leads, and patients. The QIRN 5 is requiring at least one person from each of the 260 facilities to attend, in addition to the open registration for any dialysis personnel. Doors will open at 7 a.m. to attendees and includea full buffet breakfast and lunch.

Tentative Agenda:

April 11, 2019

7:00 - 8:15 a.m.                  Check-in, Breakfast Buffet, and Visit with Exhibitors

8:15 - 8:30 a.m.                  Welcome (Brandy Vinson, Quality Insights)

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.                  Communication Between Dialysis Facilities and Transplant Centers  (Laura J. McPherson, MPH, Emory University Department of Surgery)

9:30 - 9:50 a.m.                  Break and visit with exhibitors

9:50 - 10:50 a.m.               The Science of Burnout and Well-being in Healthcare: How Other People Matter (Kathryn C. Adair, Duke Center for Healthcare Safety & Quality)

10:50 - 11:15 a.m.             Break and visit with exhibitors

11:15 - 12:15 p.m.            Staying Home: How Treatment Disparities Affect Retention and Attrition in Home Dialysis (TBD)

12:15 - 1:00 p.m.               Lunch                                                                                                                                                                            

1:00 - 2:00 p.m.                 Access to Home Dialysis (Dorian R. Schatell, Medical Education Institute)

2:00 – 2:15 p.m.                Break and visit with exhibitors

2:15 - 3:15 p.m.                 Using Influence to Explore Access to Kidney Transplant (Alexander Gilbert, MD, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital)

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.                 Transplant Center Panel (Panel of Professionals and Patients)

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.                 Continuing Education and Evaluation Forms